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Wednesday 27, September

“Stop Project Graefekiez”: Pro-car graffiti in Kreuzberg

Angry graffiti in Graefekiez seemed to protest the Kreuzberg neighbourhood car reduction project.
Berlin

Giving Back: SNIPES opens community space in Neukölln

In a first for Germany, streetwear retailer SNIPES opens a free-to-use dance and recording studio alongside their […]
Free entry

Where to go this Museum Sunday

On the first Sunday of every month, Berlin's museums open their doors for free. But not every […]
Tuesday 26, September

Temporarily fenced off and closed at night: Central Park to be a model for Görli

According to plans laid out by mayor Kai Wegner, Kreuzberg's Görlitzer Park will be faced with high […]
Politics

Rolling back on cycling infrastructure: Berlin’s war on bikes begins

Motorists are steering politics in Berlin. Cyclists fear they’ll be driven off the roads. Is the new […]
Film

Drawn together: Highlights of the Berlin Animation Festival from founder Pia Djukic

We sat down with founder of the Berlin Animation Festival, Pia Djukic, to talk curiosity, transformation and […]

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Gigs

Concerts of the week: Our tips for live music in Berlin

There are so many concerts in Berlin that it can be hard to keep them all straight. […]
Berlin

What to do this weekend: Berlin’s best events

In Berlin and don't know what to do? Don't worry. These are our picks of the best […]
What's on

Berlin art: What exhibitions are on now?

What's going on in the art world and which Berlin exhibitions should you check out right now?
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Food

Food

Taco takeover: Our favourite Mexican bites in Berlin

After so many false alarms, there’s finally edible Mexican food in Berlin! These taqueros have helped break […]
Food

Blind Rate: We put popular Späti brews to the test

Our resident food and beverage expert put some classic Berlin Späti brews to a blind taste test […]
Food

Restaurants and bars: The best new places to eat this August

Our guide to the best new bars, restaurants, cafés and pop-ups that opened in Berlin this August.
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Art

Art

“For me, it’s easy to go big”: Muralist Kera paints the town

We chatted to the muralist Kera about his path to covering Berlin, and the world, in colour.
Art

Fotografiska: Art after hours

In Fotografiska, Berlin has a new late-night art space and, judging by its opening exhibitions, it looks […]
Art

HKW director Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung on creating an “institution for the people”

HKW is one of Berlin's iconic artistic spaces and - under new director Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung […]
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Summer

Music

Interview

Oyèmi Noize: At the heart of it all

There are few Berlin musicians more versatile than singer-songwriter Oyèmi Hessou. We caught up to find out […]
Album review

Daði Freyr – I Made An Album: Authentic, absurd pop

It's hard not to love the absurd pop and endless modesty of Icelandic Euro star Daði Freyr.
New Playlist

Now Playing: EXB’s Issue 225 mixtape

Hit play on the tracks that kept the Exberliner office grooving during the production of the latest […]
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Architecture

Stage

Stage

How a slower pace is bringing the best out of Berlin theatre

It's a matter of time. Our stage editor reflects on a summer filled with some of the […]
Interview

Sibylle Berg’s state of emergency

Author and playwright Sibylle Berg has satirised our relationship with technology, power and gender in over 15 […]
Stage review

The Ego and His Own: Buzzing, uncompromising individualism

Max Stirner’s 1844 philosophical text of individualism has been transformed into a surreal spectacle at Deutsches Theater.
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History

Books

Books

Publishing as artwork: Miss Read 2023

We spoke to the organisers about what to expect at this year's Miss Read Art Book Fair.
Books

The best English bookstores in Berlin

Through the pandemic, the city’s world-class English-language bookstores remained open. We round up the oldest, the newest […]
Editor's Column

Dead Poets Society: Visiting famous authors graves in Berlin

Berlin is the final resting place of a number of renowned writers - and their grave sites […]
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Film

Truth or Dare

Maja Classen on kink, queerness and breaking down taboos

Filmmaker Maja Classen's latest documentary, 'Truth or Dare', explores Berlin's queer, sex-positive spaces.
Interview

Seven Winters in Tehran: Smuggled footage and Iranian injustice

Director Steffi Niederzoll about her documentary Seven Winters in Tehran, winner of Berlinale Perspektive award. Join us […]
Film

The restoration of Eniaois: How film-obsessed Berliners preserve an 80-hour cult classic

At their Wilmersdorf studio, experimental film veterans Robert Beavers and Ute Aurand painstakingly restore the old negatives […]
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Berlin

Berlin

“We’re closer than ever” What next for Berlin’s housing referendum?

An expert commission ruled that Berlin really can take back the city’s housing from corporate landlords. So, […]
Crime

Berlin heists: A recent history of bank robberies, break-ins and shoot outs

Berlin is creative in all things: art, music, theatre... and robbery. This is a history of some […]
Drugs

Germany is legalising weed: What does it mean for Berlin?

After years of discussion, Germany is moving forward with the (semi-)legalisation of cannabis. We look at what […]
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Politics

Politics

What remains of Nazi architecture in Berlin?

The sinister architectural legacy of the Third Reich in 12 buildings
Deutschlandticket

Update: What you need to know about Germany’s €49 ticket

With the Deutschlandticket, public transport all across Germany costs a flat rate of €49 per month.
Wednesday 23, August

Turbo-Citizenship: Germany to allow multiple-nationality after just 3 years

Naturalisation as a German citizenship used to take eight years. A new law will reduce that to […]
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